Monitored fermions with conserved $\mathrm{U}(1)$ charge

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Auteurs principaux: Fava, Michele, Piroli, Lorenzo, Bernard, Denis, Nahum, Adam
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author Fava, Michele
Piroli, Lorenzo
Bernard, Denis
Nahum, Adam
author_facet Fava, Michele
Piroli, Lorenzo
Bernard, Denis
Nahum, Adam
contents We study measurement-induced phases of free fermion systems with U(1) symmetry. Following a recent approach developed for Majorana chains, we derive a field theory description for the purity and bipartite entanglement at large space and time scales. We focus on a multi-flavor one-dimensional chain with random complex hoppings and continuous monitoring of the local fermion density. By means of the replica trick, and using the number of flavors as a large parameter controlling our approximations, we derive an effective field theory made up of a SU(N) non-linear sigma model (NL$σ$M) coupled to fluctuating hydrodynamics. Contrary to the case of non-interacting Majorana fermions, displaying no U(1) symmetry, we find that the bipartite entanglement entropy satisfies an area law for all monitoring rates, but with a nontrivial scaling of entanglement when the correlation length is large. We provide numerical evidence supporting our claims. We briefly show how imposing a reality condition on the hoppings can change the NL$σ$M and also discuss higher dimensional generalizations.
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spellingShingle Monitored fermions with conserved $\mathrm{U}(1)$ charge
Fava, Michele
Piroli, Lorenzo
Bernard, Denis
Nahum, Adam
Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Physics
We study measurement-induced phases of free fermion systems with U(1) symmetry. Following a recent approach developed for Majorana chains, we derive a field theory description for the purity and bipartite entanglement at large space and time scales. We focus on a multi-flavor one-dimensional chain with random complex hoppings and continuous monitoring of the local fermion density. By means of the replica trick, and using the number of flavors as a large parameter controlling our approximations, we derive an effective field theory made up of a SU(N) non-linear sigma model (NL$σ$M) coupled to fluctuating hydrodynamics. Contrary to the case of non-interacting Majorana fermions, displaying no U(1) symmetry, we find that the bipartite entanglement entropy satisfies an area law for all monitoring rates, but with a nontrivial scaling of entanglement when the correlation length is large. We provide numerical evidence supporting our claims. We briefly show how imposing a reality condition on the hoppings can change the NL$σ$M and also discuss higher dimensional generalizations.
title Monitored fermions with conserved $\mathrm{U}(1)$ charge
topic Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.08045